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Today’s data center capacity planning process is limited by fragmented toolsets and disconnected teams. Operators are under immense pressure to make decisions quickly, often at the expense of capacity, availability and efficiency, resulting in higher OpEx.
Archaic processes and toolsets can’t provide the level of analysis required to remove ambiguity in decision-making, resulting in delays in the overall capacity planning process. Over time, data center managers are forced to prioritize between speedy planning processes and cost-effectiveness.
The advent of high density equipment has introduced the need for planning
techniques that have to account for ever-changing resource
requirements.
This is where the Virtual Facility (VF) comes in. The VF is a digital twin
of the live facility that enables you to
virtualize the capacity planning process.
This digital twin keeps you one step ahead,
predicting the impact of adds, moves or changes on
room-wide variables such as temperature, power, cooling, weight
and space.
The Capacity Planning Challenge
Remove bottlenecks and combat unnecessary costs
by increasing confidence and communication between teams.
Analyze “what-if” scenarios ranging from high-density deployments to
equipment failures, and ensure that plans can be implemented safely.
Connect IT and facilities teams to better analyze the effects of
IT changes on power, space and cooling before physical deployment.
AccelerateYour Process
Make Decisions Confidently
Collaborate Across Teams
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Why the Virtual Facility?The Virtual Facility platform is a combination of our tools designed specifically for data center operations. It unites IT, facilities and data center managers through a centralized platform powered by engineering simulation. By tightly integrating process with engineering, the platform can eliminate bottlenecks and mitigate risks in capacity planning.
Intelligent DeploymentDeploy your IT based on power, space and cooling, and keep track of resource availability so you can make better IT decisions.
Designed for Multiple UsersAllow multiple users to seamlessly and simultaneously work within the Virtual Facility platform, keeping the digital twin updated in real time.
Engineering SimulationOur Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) solver accurately predicts the impact any of proposed change from IT deployments to raising air temperatures in your facility.
Failure AnalysisSimulate cooling and power failurescenarios and ensure you have enough cooling to prevent hotspots and available power for your IT for maximum uptime.
Asset ManagementUpgrade from spreadsheets and visio templates to a comprehensive Virtual Facility to manage your IT asset information.
Dashboards and Reporting Leverage pre-configured IT, power, space and cooling dashboards to understand the state of your data center.
A Virtual Facility viewed in 6Sigma-
Room with air tempera-ture result plane.
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Capacity Planning with the Virtual FacilityIT deployment guidelines are based on a specific set of IT resource requirements. But, when IT resource requirements change, these guidelines become obsolete. Disparate toolsets create information bottlenecks that can delay the planning and deployment process, and while guidelines can be a good starting point, they can’t guarantee the safety of IT equipment when facing power or cooling issues.
Our platform allows IT and Facility teams to work from the same data set, enabling every team to measure the effects of proposed changes on the data center as a whole. Teams can prototype possible deployment options to ensure the final rollout plan maximizes performance. Critical plans can be stress-tested in the safety of the Virtual Facility to ensure IT stays resilient when faced with power and cooling failures.
Typical Workflow:IT teams propose changes to the facility using 6SigmaAccess, which takes into account the power, space and cooling available to each rack and guides the deployment process.
The changes are then pulled into 6SigmaRoom, where their effects on the facility and other IT can be simulated using CFD.
When the proposed changes have been modelled and verfied, they can then be safely implemented in the real facility.
6SigmaRoom can be connected to any live monitoring system via 6SigmaGateway. This ensures that the digital twin reflects the real facility at all times.
The facility changes are then updated in 6SigmaAccess, which tracks the current and future plans in one, centralized platform.
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About Future FacilitiesFuture Facilities is a software company that believes the successful design and operation of systems, from chip to data center, lies in predicting the impact of change. Our unique methodology relies on virtual prototyping to streamline the decision-making process, allowing enterprises to deliver products that are efficient, reliable and scalable.
Our data center software products utilize the Virtual Facility (VF), a digital twin of the data center that encompasses the entire IT and facility infrastructure. Powered by engi-neering simulation, the VF enables you to predict the impact of change by visualizing and quantifying performance in your data center.
For more information about the 6SigmaDCX suite and our other products, contact your local Future Facilities representative or visit our site at www.futurefacilities.com.
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